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Melitoxoides
''Melitoxoides'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species * ''Melitoxoides cophias'' (Meyrick, 1913) * ''Melitoxoides leucodoxa'' (Meyrick, 1920) Former species * ''Melitoxoides eusebasta'' * ''Melitoxoides glauca'' * ''Melitoxoides panaula'' References Gelechiinae Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse {{Gelechiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitoxoides Cophias
''Melitoxoides cophias'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are light fuscous sprinkled with darker fuscous and black and with the base of the dorsum pale, surmounted by a cloudy spot of fuscous suffusion. The stigmata are blackish, the discal approximated, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. There is some indistinct fuscous suffusion running from above the discal stigmata to the costa before the apex. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly. References Endemic moths of South Africa Gelechiinae Moths described in 1913 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gelechiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitoxoides Leucodoxa
''Melitoxoides leucodoxa'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 14–15 mm. The forewings are light grey, more or less wholly overlaid with ochreous white and with blackish markings. There is a rather broad basal fascia, the outer edge obtusely angulated below the middle and a moderate irregular-edged slightly oblique fascia at two-fifths, not reaching the dorsum. A rather broad transverse fascia is found at two-thirds with an anterior projection above the middle, and containing an irregular white spot in the disc sometimes extending to the posterior edge. There is also an irregular apical spot. The hindwings are whitish grey. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitoxoides Glauca
''Khoisa glauca'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1960. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count .... References Endemic moths of South Africa Gelechiinae Moths described in 1960 {{Gelechiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiinae
Gelechiinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854. Taxonomy The subfamily includes the following tribes and genera: *Litini Bruand, 1859 **''Agnippe'' Chambers, 1872 **''Altenia'' Sattler, 1960 **'' Angustialata'' Omelko, 1988 **''Arcutelphusa'' Lee & Brown, 2008 **''Argyrolacia'' Keifer, 1936 **''Arogalea'' Walsingham, 1910 **''Carpatolechia'' Capuse, 1964 **''Chorivalva'' Omelko, 1988 **''Coleotechnites'' Chambers, 1880 **''Concubina'' Omelko & Omelko, 2004 **''Exoteleia'' Wallengren, 1881 ** ''Glauce'' Chambers, 1875 **''Istrianis'' Meyrick, 1918 **''Neotelphusa'' Janse, 1958 **'' Parachronistis'' Meyrick, 1925 **''Parastenolechia'' Kanazawa, 1985 **'' Piskunovia'' Omelko, 1988 **''Pragmatodes'' Walsingham, 908/small> **'' Protoparachronistis'' Omelko, 1986 **''Pseudotelphusa'' Janse, 1958 **''Pubitelphusa'' Lee & Brown, 2013 **'' Recurvaria'' Haworth, 1828 **''Schistophila'' Chrétien, 1899 **'' Schneidereri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus '' Chionodes'', which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea. By the late 20th century, over 900 genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitoxoides Eusebasta
''Khoisa panaula'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous tinged with yellowish and mixed with pale ochreous brownish. The costa, dorsum, and all veins are marked by fine white lines and there is some whitish subdorsal suffusion. The discal stigmata are small and blackish, with the plical represented by a very fine black linear mark obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are whitish. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiidae Genera
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus ''Chionodes'', which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea. By the late 20th century, over 900 genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
